For nearly 50 years, he was ubiquitous on British television — first as a reporter and then as an imperturbable presenter on Independent Television’s “News at Ten.”
Category: Deaths (Obituaries)
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Patricia Peterson, Innovative Fashion Editor at The Times, Dies at 99
She oversaw fashion coverage beginning in 1957, when hemlines made headlines. She later made groundbreaking ads for Henri Bendel with her photographer husband, Gösta Peterson.
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Dave Scott, Hip-Hop Choreographer, Is Dead at 52
A former basketball standout with no formal dance training, he came to provide moves for rappers like Bow Wow and dance-battle films like “You Got Served.”
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Lalo Schifrin, 93, Dies; Composer of ‘Mission: Impossible’ and Much More
He was best known for one enduring TV theme, but he had a startlingly diverse career as a composer, arranger and conductor in a wide range of genres.
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Jack Kleinsinger, Impresario Behind a Marathon Jazz Series, Dies at 88
A lawyer by day, he created Highlights in Jazz, bringing together artists both famous and unknown in more than 300 concerts over 50 years.
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Jonathan Mayers, a Founder of the Bonnaroo Music Festival, Dies at 51
He helped bring crowds of music fans to a remote Tennessee cow farm with Bonnaroo, and to San Francisco with the Outside Lands festival.
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Bill Moyers, Presidential Aide and Veteran of Public TV, Dies at 91
Before becoming known as an unusual breed of television correspondent and commentator, he had a long association with President Lyndon B. Johnson.
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León Krier, Architect Whose Classical Work Won a Royal Ally, Dies at 79
Although his many of his designs remain unbuilt — with a few exceptions, including King Charles’s Poundbury — he was a driving force in the New Urbanism movement.
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P. Adams Sitney, Leading Scholar of Avant-Garde Film, Dies at 80
He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point.
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Gailard Sartain, Character Actor and ‘Hee Haw’ Regular, Dies at 81
Though best known for comedy, he also played serious roles, including a sinister sheriff in “Mississippi Burning.” The director Alan Rudolph cast him in nine films.
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Mick Ralphs, of Mott the Hoople and Bad Company, Dies at 81
A guitarist and songwriter, he ditched glam rock at its peak and scored with meatier stadium-rock anthems like “Can’t Get Enough” and “Feel Like Making Love.”